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Local Council of Amersham now charging for garden waste disposal
Whats next ? the rubbish - we are heading there folks. Where does my council tax go ? They want 35 quid per year to collect the waste. If this isnt annoying enough when I see the local council employing contractors to look after lawns and hedges its a bit much. You cant tell me this is a temporary cheaper alternative. They…
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Bloddy Consumer Lifestyles
These stupid people keep calling. This time I put on a voice like Neddy Seagoon and said I am not a consumer and I don't have a lifestyle. Do you know if not hanging up keeps their phone line occupied?
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Times and Sunday Times subscriptions cold calls - complaint?
Hi all - does anyone know where to complain to when you're cold-called? I just had a rude chap who said he was calling from the Times/Sunday Times, but given it was a private number I can't ask to speak to his supervisor. I know telemarketers have a tough job, but it's not on to call someone you don't know, when neither of…
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The disappearing ASDA smartprice goods
OK, so I'm ordering my ASDA shop online and recently I have noticed all the ASDA Smart Price items (Mozzarella, mixed peppers, and 18 eggs) no longer show on their online supermarket (this has been the case in the last few months). I know the supermarket they pick my shopping has these goods, so it's quite frustrating that…
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Very strange letter recieved
My husband got a very odd unsigned letter yesterday. Telling him god is going to shower him with riches beyond his wildest dreams. As they didn't get his name right, they don't know him. He was a bit spooked by it. I told him it's probably a letter setting him up for some unknown relative to die soon leaving him a fortune…
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Telling Banks etc, that you have moved house
What a pantomime this has now become !!! I wrote (an old fashioned letter !) to about 20 banks/building societies/insurance companies/pension providers telling them that I had moved house - a few hundred yards in the same town. I am now starting to wish that I had stayed put ! A couple responded saying that they had…
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Where Did The Killer Tent Thread Go To?
And the tale of the sadistic grandparents?
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Alibaba
Anyone bought anything on Alibaba.com? Bought some shoes online about 6 weeks ago from China. The China tracking website as well as the Royal Mail one says it's in Langley HWDC and has been since 18th April. Royal mail can't tell me anything else - other than "ask the seller". Seller can't of course tell me anything…
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Industrial Hearing Clinic
Like many, I have been cold called by Industrial Hearing Clinic. As I had worked for British Coal/NCB I was interested as I have suffered from Tinnitus for around 10 years (am now 54 yrs old) and had previously thought about making a claim, but never seemed to get around to it and I didn't want to be part of the "claims…
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Praise stricklylamps on ebay
Bought 2 candle LED bulbs in december and one failed the other day (okay not great but things do sometimes just fail early). Thought oh dear here we go - as I purchased it on ebay it will be a nightmare and they will refuse to replace it (rights or no rights). But I was pleasently surprised they asked for the invoice and…
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experian credit report
I went through experian to get a £2 credit check... I wanted to check it before I put in an application for something. I wanted it quickly so I selected the view online option, paid and awaited email. 2 days later I have received an email saying I have to wait up to a further 3 days for a letter in the post that has a pin…
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Conned by Free samples
I stupidly didnt read the smallprint when sending off for free face cream samples. They arrived today but now I realise if I dont send them back I will be charged £149! I have no address to send them too although it's somewhere in Israel. Can anyone help?
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Tesco petrol rip off
Went to my local tesco on tuesday, diesel was £1.38.9 litre, expensive enough I know, Wednesday morning it had gone up to £1.43.9! The only thing I can why they have done this is because they have the offer of 10p a litre off if you spend £60 in store! Talk about ripping off customers but it is an easy way to make money,…
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BBC gets the date wrong!
They appear to think it's April the first. How else could they possibly print this nonsense: News Item "A prominent barrister specialising in reproductive rights has called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13. Barbara Hewson told online magazine Spiked that the move was necessary in the wake of the Savile scandal to…
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Foto.com have not given me free prints, despite MSE saying they do.
I have a list of photographic developing companies, gleaned from this site (but can't find it now) in which Foto.com say they develope 100 6x4 prints free. I selected 25 and went through the checkout and was charged 6p per print, £1.50. I emailed them to complain that this wasn't free, but they emailed back thinking it was…
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Vent-cold call from National Moneysavers
There has previously been a thread on here about this company but it appears to be closed now. Just had a cold call from this company tonight. When I asked where he got my info from he said I must have filled in a survey or forgotten to click an opt out on a form (I'm usually really good at opting out of all these things…
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vet costs
Needed a vet in the night to tend to dying cat. I would have to drive to his surgery, pay £180 as a call out charge, then pay for cats euthanasia on top of that, I had to tell him to FO! this is a so called caring profession not a money pit! The cat died of its own accord this AM, he was twenty years old. Smudge
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Trying to contact LloydsTSB!!
Just wanted to vent... I am looking to get a mortgage. Someone suggested LloydsTSB might have what I am after. So I look on the website, and realise that the best thing to do is just go and see one of their mortgage sales staff. Can't get a direct number for the local branch from the website, so fill in the laborious…
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Parcel2go, please avoid
Their claims process has been quite simply a huge mess. They don't reply to emails, claim they didn't receive emails I sent with the evidence, and not compensating me for £225 owe me. AVOID AT ALL COSTS
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Royal Mail - Fee to Pay AND Recorded, how can it be both?
Hello, Can anyone help..? I have received a Fee to Pay card that also states the item is Recorded. How can it be both? Don't recorded items have to be paid for and submitted at a Post Office counter. If this is right, how can it have the wrong postage. Even if the stamps or stamp sticker has fallen off, doesn't the fact…
